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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Frühlingskinder im bunten Gedränge
Language: German (Deutsch)
Frühlingskinder im bunten Gedränge, Flatternde Blüten, duftende Hauche, Schmachtende, jubelnde Liebesgesänge Stürzen ans Herz mir aus jedem Strauche. Frühlingskinder mein Herz umschwärmen, Flüstern hinein mit schmeichelnden Worten, Rufen hinein mit trunkenem Lärmen, Rütteln an längst verschlossenen Pforten. Frühlingskinder, mein Herz umringend, Was doch sucht ihr darin so dringend? Hab' ich's verrathen euch jüngst im Traume, Schlummernd unter dem Blüthenbaume? Brachten euch Morgenwinde die Sage, Daß ich im Herzen eingeschlossen Euren lieblichen Spielgenossen, Heimlich und selig -- ihr Bildnis trage?
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Nicolaus Lenau, Gedichte, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1837, page 81.
Note for line 7, word 4: Lang has "trunkenen", which is likely a typo.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgedränge", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Frühling [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Ast (1875 - 1964), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 1 (7 Lieder) no. 1, published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Wien: Ludwig Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolae Bretan (1887 - 1968), "Frühlingsgedränge", 1913 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1846 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Firnberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Gellert (1827 - 1913), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 12 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Frühlingsgedränge" [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe nach Dichtungen von Nikolaus Lenau für Tenor und Pianoforte, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 37 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2, published 1847 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Guttentag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Holz , "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 83 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 4, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Czesław Józef Marek (1891 - 1985), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 17 no. 5 (1917), published 1977 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lenau-Lieder, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 20 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max (Heinrich Edler von) Oberleithner (1868 - 1935), "Frühlingskinder in buntem Gedränge", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 26 (Zwölf Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Piano), Heft 1 no. 7, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max von Schillings (1868 - 1933), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edwin Schultz (1827 - 1907), "Frühlingskinder", op. 7 no. 2, published 1855 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger; confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin, 1861, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, page 126 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 18 (Sechs Lieder und Gesänge für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1887 [ alto and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Hermann Seyffardt (1859 - 1942), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 26 (Zwei Lieder nach Nicolaus Lenau) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Frühlingsgedränge", 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Frühlingsgedränge", op. 9 (Lieder und Gesänge, Heft II) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Voices of Spring", first published 1897
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Profusione di primavera", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78
Children of spring in a colourful tumult
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Children of spring in a colourful tumult, Fluttering blossoms, scented breezes, Languishing, rejoicing love songs Dash themselves at my heart from out of every bush. Children of spring swarm about my heart, Whisper into it with flattering words, Call into it with intoxicated clamouring, Rattle at long-locked gates. Children of spring, encircling my heart, What do you seek so urgently therein? Did I recently disclose it to you in a dream, While slumbering under the blossoming tree? Did the morning winds bring you the tidings That I have enshrined in my heart Your lovely playmate, That I secretly and blissfully carry her image there?
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"Frühlingsgedränge" = "Tumult of spring"
"Frühlingskinder" = "Children of spring"
"Frühlingskinder in buntem Gedränge" = "Children of spring in a colourful tumult"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Frühlingsgedränge", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Frühling
This text was added to the website: 2021-10-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 104